Sage

What was the most important effect of periodic flooding on the start of early civilizations?

• Travel became much easier and large trading cities were built along the river banks.

• Large mineral deposits exposed by the floods were used to make tools and weapons

• Sediment deposited on the banks of the rivers made the soil rich and led to the development of agriculture

• Stones from nearby quarries were transported down the flooded rivers and used to build temples and monuments.

Identify an area on this map that would most likely support the development of a similar civilization. List the map coordinates for the location you select. Explain your choice by identifying and describing how two features in that area would support the development of the civilization. (3 points)

Which change described in the passage had the most lasting impact on modern societies?

• Respect for superiors and government officials became the basis of social and political order.

• Students who failed to master any of the classics were dismissed from their duties and punished.

• Government officials were chosen based on knowledge and merit instead of family ties and wealth.

• Reports on the men examined by the officials were brought to the capital and seen by the master of ritual.

Which system of power is most similar to that of Julius Caesar after he came to power in Rome?

• the rule of tyrants in ancient Greece

• the theocracy of the ancient Egyptians

• the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia

• the Mandate of Heaven in ancient China

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

How did Abraham Lincoln wanted to treat the South? (a)  

• harshly

• leniently

• severely

• rigorously

Which did the Federalists believe in and which did the Anti Federalists believe?

• Wanted to have a strong national republic

• Federalists

• Supported the Constitution

• Anti Federalists

• Were against approving the Constitution

• Federalists

• Wanted small local governments

• Anti Federalists

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

• Andrew Jackson

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James K. Polk

The​ ________ of the branch of the U.S. Government carries out the law.​ (a)  

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Herman Sweatt

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Freedom Riders

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Rosa Parks

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Little Rock Nine

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Jackie Robinson